Jeera Rice

Ingredients:

Rice : 2.5 cups (rice cooker cup measure)
Water : 4 cups (rice cooker cup measure)
Jeera : 1 spoon
Cashews : 1 tbsp
Cilantro : 1 large bunch finely cut
Ginger & garlic paste : 1 spn
Butter : 1/2 stick
Salt : 1 spn
Fried onion : 3 spns

Method:

1. Wash rice well and soak it at least for 30 min.
2. While rice is getting soaked, heat a pan.
3. Add butter/ghee/oil to the pan. Let it heat.
4. Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
5. Add ginger&garlic paste. Let it fry until raw smell goes.
6. Add cashews. Roast until brown.
7. Add cilantro, fry it well.
8. Add salt to the soaked rice and the above fried mixture.
9. Cook rice until done.
10. Just before rice cooker turns off/just before you switch off the stove, add fried onion. Mix it well in the rice with the fork.
11. Take it to a serving bowl. Serve with raita.